Google Increases Chrome User Security On Android And IOS

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JAKARTA - Google has recently improved the security features of its Google Chrome mobile application. This feature will later notify users if the passwords they sync with the browser service are used by other parties.

"To check if you have a compromised password, Chrome sends a copy of your username and password to Google using a special form of encryption," said Google, Thursday, October 8.

That way, Google can check it based on credential data that other parties have compromised. Google also offers users suggestions on how to fix it.

It is known that Google cannot get the username or password from the encrypted copy. So if the user embeds a password in the Chrome application, then Google cannot see or get that data.

On top of that, Google also offers a Safety Check feature, which allows manual checking of compromised passwords, the status of Safe Browsing mode, and the current Chrome app version with details on the latest security protections.

For those who use Chrome on iOS devices, users can now autofill their login credentials that are saved to other apps and browsers. Users can also enable biometric authentication requests before Chrome fills in a password.

According to the GizmoChina report, Going forward, Google will also launch a Safe Browsing feature for Android users, where users can choose to be proactively protected from phishing, malware and other malicious sites by sharing real-time data with the Safe Browsing service.